Scieroptera crocea
| Scieroptera crocea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Scieroptera |
| Species: | S. crocea |
| Binomial name | |
| Scieroptera crocea Guérin-Méneville, 1838 | |
Scieroptera crocea is a species of true cicada found in Southern Asia, including Sumatra, Indonesia, and Borneo. [1]
Description
Scieroptera crocea is mostly yellow in color, with reddish brown spots above its thorax.[2] Its abdomen is saffron-red. Its feet are yellow, with black tibia and tarsi.
Scieroptera crocea is similar to Scieroptera splendidula in appearance.[1] It differs in that its tegmina are semi-transparent and pale yellowish tan in color, with the venation being darker yellow. The face is black with yellowish tan margins.
Its body length, excluding the tegmina, is 15-20mm. Its tegmina span is between 40-57mm.
Etymology
The species name crocea, means "yellow" in Latin.[3]
References
- ^ a b Distant, W. L. (1906). "Rhyncota — Vol. 3". The Fauna of British India: 159. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Atkinson, Edwin T. (1886). Homoptera Indica. J.W. Thomas. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Scieroptera crocea (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)". hoppers.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 3 July 2025.